Is virtual reality useful for productivity software? Yiliu is the founder of Softspace, a VR/AR tool for thought. He joins Mark and Adam to discuss the human brain and body as inherently spatial systems; the question of whether information is fundamentally 2D; and why social comfort is the biggest challenge facing VR today. Plus: how to avoid a dystopian future. Discuss this episode in the Muse community Follow @MuseAppHQ on Twitter Show notes Yiliu Shen-Burke @softspaceninja Softspace Wim Hof breathing method Studio Olafur Eliasson The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces Oculus Oculus development kit heads-up display Scott Greenwald’s Media Lab thesis Beat Saber A Beautiful Mind Softspace demo force-directed graph Steven Johnson on DevonThink Google Glass, Magic Leap, Vision Pro Supernatural vergence history of VR PlaneVR: Social Acceptability of Virtual Reality for Aeroplane Passengers

A conversation about spatial computing and the power of operating in a spatial environment with the founder of Softpace Yiliu Shen-Burke and John Underkoffler of Oblong Industries.  More information about SoftSpace can be found here: https://soft.space/ Jerry's Mindmap of this episode can be viewed here: https://bra.in/5pRbDy